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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://commonfund.nih.gov/cryoem__;!!Mih3wA!TfwPruvDNVe4ppT5UZMg7p_jSRyxciSOX1xiv8oPR0doo-acGQcM3V82LK3VWZjIpQ$">
NIH Common Fund Transformative High Resolution CryoEM</a> program has issued a Request for Information notice,<o:p></o:p></p>
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for High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy</a> (NOT-RM-21-012). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">We hope to target non-cryoEM structural biologists to learn their experiences with barriers to entry. We also are interested in limitations in screening encountered by experienced cryoEM researchers. Suggestions
for solutions are needed as well. The <b>deadline</b> to respond is <b>February 26, 2021.</b> We appreciate your input.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paula<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paula Flicker<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Work Group Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the NIH Common Fund Transformative High-Resolution CryoEM Program Working Group<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paula Flicker, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Director, NIGMS<o:p></o:p></p>
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